Another Sympathy Card

Good Morning...

I had a card from a friend of my Aunt's last week... She is another animal lover and lost 2 of her cats within 2 weeks. I could tell how distraught she is... Her cats and dogs are her babies and she works tirelessly with animal charities.

So I wrote a letter and made this card for her

I swiped Faded Jeans distress oxide ink ove the BG stamp and applied the card over the stamp... I just love that colour blue... In fact I have wallpaper very similar looking to that BG in the bedroom.

I reversed the grass stamp and embossed it in silver... I like how it looked upside down.

 

I know it will cheer her up, not everyone is sympathetic when a pet dies but if you don't have children they do become a substitute and even when you do, they are still part of the family.

I hope you enjoy your day... I'm still in Majorca for some R & R and I'll catch up with you all soon

~ Ros ~

 

 

City Crafter Birthday

Good morning!

I'm delighted to say that City Crafter Challenge Blog are celebrating their 8th birthday this month 

 I've been invited, along with other past team members, to celebrate with them!

There is a month long challenge of CASE Me If You Can and this week it's my card that you are being asked to CASE

I did some ink blending and water splattering then stamped and embossed the image and sentiment...

I prefer to stamp after I've blended but it works just as well to stamp before blending

I used the inlaid die technique for my fancy frame too. Of course you don't need to do all of these, they are just a few techniques that you can consider to make the card your own

The team at City Crafter have also CASEd my card to inspire you further - Hop on over and 

take a look ...

I'm flying off to sun sea and sand for a few days so I'll catch up with you when I get back 

Enjoy your week and thanks for popping in

~ Ros ~

 

Poppy Sympathy Card

Good morning friends...

I've had to make a few sympathy cards this month and here's another one that is going to the wife of my husband's friend who sadly lost her sister last week

  

I hadn't got a clue where I was going with this... The poppies had been coloured in a long time ago but remained unused till now 

 

 Having recently bought the die for them in the SSS sale was a bonus so I let them take centre stage

 The little cat just finished it off... Actually I had a few cat die cuts on my desk as I had to make another sympathy card for a lady who recently lost her cat... I'll share that with you later in the week

We're off to Majorca in a couple of days so I guess I should start to pack... A job I hate. I've been looking at the forecast for the 4 days that we will be there and it doesn't look good...sigh

Still it's a welcome break and a kind of celebration... My scan results were all clear! Yay! The pain I have been dealing with is all residual pain from the surgery and my body adapting to it's new position. The other piece of good news is that in time, the consultant thinks I can reverse the scoliosis that was caused by the damaged discs. 

Thanks so much for your kind wishes and keeping me in your prayers...

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

 

April CAS Watercolour Card Challenge

Hello...

 

I have a card to share for this month's challenge at CAS Watercolour Cards

 

It had me stumped at first, then I remembered all those digitals I have and printed this one onto ordinary CS and loosley painted it with distress inks

 

 

My blog friend Leslie (Running With Scissors) can paint tiny details with such precision that leaves me in awe... Not me, that's why I say loosley Lol! But I enjoy the challenge

 

 

And I think this little guy is a cutie anyway

 

 Wishing you a beautful day

~ Ros ~

 

Happy April

Hello and welcome to April

Can't say that it's started very well here... Cold and wet is the order of the day with snow forecast, but at least the blossom is appearing and buds are everywhere...

Did you have a good Easter? I have just a couple more Easter cards to share using up some bits and pieces

 

I used one of those 'tear open' dies to reveal my sentiment on this one

 And the second one

Pat is finally home after a month in London and she will be popping around today so maybe we will get some crafting done - I suspect we will be too busy catching up Lol!

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

Easter cards

Hello...

I have a couple of Easter cards to share today... It's a sunny and bright Good Friday here and though I'm not overly religious, I have my beliefs, but Good Friday always pulls at my heart strings more than any other time... The cruelness against another individual who did no wrong always haunts me.

Anyway, on to my cards... 

The first one is just inking through a stencil and a simple embossed dafodil

I adore daffodils and have them  both in the garden and in the house and everywhere we go at this time of year they are in abundance

And the second one is a little more ornate...

Again I have used up some odd bits of previously created BGs to stamp and cut my flowers

See that little lamb?Well actually it's a deer from a memory box die but it looks like a lamb right?

We're just having a quiet Easter, we've had so many hospital appointments lately it's a good job we are retired or we couldn't fit them in Lol!

I am having another scan next week on my spine, that should tell me why I'm struggling a bit but it seems I also have mild scoliosis which I was not aware of... Heck, no wonder I seem to be getting shorter... 

Before I go I just want to thank the team over at CAS Watercolour for a shout out... I can't believe that the painting I almost ditched actually got me an outstanding design award, I'm thrilled!

I hope you have a wonderful Easter and life is good to you

Till soon

~ Ros ~